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What is the noun for pad?

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pad

A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
A soft, or small, cushion.
A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
A sanitary napkin.
(US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
(cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
A keypad.
A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
(US, slang) A bed.
(colloquial) A place of residence.
(Britain, slang) A prison cell.
(cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
A mousepad.
(electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
(nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
Synonyms:

wad, pack, padding, wadding, stuffing, filling, lining, mass, lump, hunk, block, ball, clump, wodge, wedge, slab, plug, cluster, blob, portion, bundle, roll, filler, cushioning, inlay, liner, fill, quilting, packing, layer, shim, bulk, nugget, bar, cake, cube, dollop, pat, knob, glob, gobbet, nub, bit, clot, piece, clod, nubble, gob, segment, ream … more

Examples:

“A soft cloth pad was used to line the edges of the container.”

“The nurse began folding a fresh linen pad over his wound.”

“There is a thick pad on the seat that can be removed from the chair by untying a few straps.”

pad

(Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. See footpad.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
(Britain, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
The act of highway robbery.
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Examples:

“A soft cloth pad was used to line the edges of the container.”

“The nurse began folding a fresh linen pad over his wound.”

“There is a thick pad on the seat that can be removed from the chair by untying a few straps.”

padding

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
(computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
(military) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
Synonyms:

filling, wadding, stuffing, filler, lining, cushioning, packing, fill, upholstery, insulation, packaging, batting, protection, quilting, wad, pad, bulk, kapok, down, pack, buffer, stopgap, caulking, makeweight, batt, bat, liner, inlay, layer, shim, flock, feathers, tomentum, peanuts, Styrofoam, duck down, puff, covering, furniture, covers, furnishings, material, fabric, mass, lump, wodge, plug, forcemeat, dressing, infill … more

Examples:

“Each harness is made of wide, heavy-duty nylon webbing to better distribute the work load and thick padding for extra comfort.”

“On the other hand, Miller's concise strategy is preferable to the approach of padding out the running length.”

“The politician's speech was filled with padding, making it difficult to separate fact from fiction.”

padstone

A simple type of building foundation consisting of a stone which both spreads the weight of a wooden building out on the ground and keeps the wood off of the ground. A staddle stone is a type of padstone.
A pad to spread the weight of a point load in a wall.

pad

(Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
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Examples:

“A soft cloth pad was used to line the edges of the container.”

“The nurse began folding a fresh linen pad over his wound.”

“There is a thick pad on the seat that can be removed from the chair by untying a few straps.”

pad

The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
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Examples:

“A soft cloth pad was used to line the edges of the container.”

“The nurse began folding a fresh linen pad over his wound.”

“There is a thick pad on the seat that can be removed from the chair by untying a few straps.”

padder

Agent noun of pad; one who pads.
Examples:

“Padder for the waxing of yarns. Equipment placed at the cutting and stretching system.”

“A laboratorial VF 15685 Padder was used to remove the excess water of the samples.”

“Raitt MH, Volgman AS, Zoble RG, Charbonneau L, Padder FA, O'Hara GE, et al.”

paddability

The quality of being paddable.

pad

(Britain, dialectal) A toad.
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Examples:

“A soft cloth pad was used to line the edges of the container.”

“The nurse began folding a fresh linen pad over his wound.”

“There is a thick pad on the seat that can be removed from the chair by untying a few straps.”

padstones

plural of padstone

paddings

plural of padding
Synonyms:

fillings, wadding, stuffing, fillers, linings, packings, fills, upholstery, insulation, packaging, batting, protection, quilting, wads, pads, kapoks, bulk, down, buffers, packs, caulking, stopgaps, makeweights, tomenta, flocks, layers, inlays, shims, liners, batts, bats, puff, covering, furniture, furnishings, material, fabric, mass, wodges, lumps, plugs, verbosity, prolixity, wordiness, verboseness, verbiage, rubbish, circumlocutions, waffles, witterings … more

padders

plural of padder

pads

plural of pad
Synonyms:

blinkers, blinders, coverings, covers, flaps, screens, shades, canopies, shutters, awnings, louvres, curtains, sunshades, protections, persiennes, jalousies, visors, veils, Venetian blinds, blinds, blindfolds, window shades, louvers, traps, roller blinds … more

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